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The price of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) closed at $21.94 in the last session, down -7.27% from day before closing price of $23.66. In other words, the price has decreased by -$7.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.95 million shares were traded. APA stock price reached its highest trading level at $23.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $21.865.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at APA’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 73.36 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.00. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.80. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.79 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.73.
On August 05, 2025, Stephens started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and target price of $24.
Raymond James Downgraded its Strong Buy to Outperform on March 10, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $45 to $32.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 03 ’25 when Joung Chansoo bought 75,000 shares for $18.25 per share. The transaction valued at 1,368,615 led to the insider holds 140,285 shares of the business.
Ellis Juliet S bought 4,391 shares of APA for $100,027 on Dec 12 ’24. The Director now owns 12,436 shares after completing the transaction at $22.78 per share. On Oct 28 ’24, another insider, LANNIE P ANTHONY, who serves as the Former Officer of the company, bought 89,501 shares for $23.97 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, APA now has a Market Capitalization of 7849835008 and an Enterprise Value of 13404834816. As of this moment, APA’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.36, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.83. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 12.92. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.78 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.33. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.367 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.291.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for APA is 1.13, which has changed by -0.17827713 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.118204355 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, APA has reached a high of $27.22, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.01%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.76%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, APA traded on average about 6.98M shares per day over the past 3-months and 6528790 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 358.77M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 351.85M. Insiders hold about 1.66% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.71% stake in the company. Shares short for APA as of 1759190400 were 33811964 with a Short Ratio of 4.85, compared to 1756425600 on 41699071. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 33811964 and a Short% of Float of 10.7700005.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for APA is 1.00, which was 1.0 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.042265426. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.41. The current Payout Ratio is 43.91% for APA, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-22 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-10-22. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2004-01-15 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 21.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.8, with high estimates of $1.16 and low estimates of $0.38.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.14 and $2.78 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.46. EPS for the following year is $3.06, with 25.0 analysts recommending between $6.41 and $1.79.
Revenue Estimates
According to 6 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $2.06B. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.26B to a low estimate of $1.86B. As of. The current estimate, APA Corporation’s year-ago sales were $2.53BFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.03B. There is a high estimate of $2.26B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.94B.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for APA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $9.75B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $7.84B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $9.04B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $9.74BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $8.1B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.03B and the low estimate is $7.43B.
